Cable News Notes: No More BTK!
Wonkgirl wasn’t the only one yesterday decrying the wall-to-wall coverage of the BTK killer’s appearance in court. On yesterday’s “Situation Room,” Jack Cafferty tore into the cabler’s coverage:
“We ought to be ashamed of ourselves” for broadcasting Dennis Rader’s statements in court, Cafferty told Wolf Blitzer. “Publicity is this monster’s gasoline.”
“It’s nonsense. It doesn’t belong on television,” Cafferty continued. “Nobody needs to watch this stuff. All it does is inspire other nut cases out there that may be they can get themselves famous by doing this kind of — it’s terrible.”
Perhaps not surprisingly, many viewers agreed, according to audience emails yesterday.
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